I thought I'd install them and forget about it, but nope, turns out the exhaust flanges on the 21 motor are tilted differently than on the NC-30. Had to bend them again, try fitting them like 20 times...

Time to dip the twin Amal 626’s and get out who knows how many years of gunk, varnish , and other deposits residing in the carb bodies. I like this Gunk brand cleaner……….the gallon comes with the part...

Ok, this is a plug for a really good company to deal with, Jet Hot, the go-to folks for professional ceramic coating for decades. I have a local supplier that has done a lot of coating for me, but onl...

Stage 0 - the preparation...

I bought a 41mm Mikuni flat slide carb kit which has a plunger choke right on the carb. That meant the cable choke and its handlebar mounted lever had to go. I picked up a salvage CBR1100XX switch blo...

Should I be worried about this? I'm planning on redoing it later today, but my friend is telling me it'll be fine...

There is not much mechanically mysterious in the Triumph rocker boxes, but they do have a few wrinkles, and are subject to leaking in a couple of places. One potential leaking location is the gasket s...

Douro river, Portugal...

West Coast Road from Whitehaven to Windermere, on to Ambleside, up the Struggle to the Kirkstone Pass, down the other side of Kirkstone Pass on to Paterdale, Glenridding, Watermillock skirting Ulswate...

Here are the two chain adjusters. The one on the left looked like the one on the right about an hour before. I took the opportunity to clean up the profile of the part prior to plating--squaring up...

Here it is the result ? (Serra do Gerês, Portugal)...

On previous restoration projects (cars and other things--this is my first bike), I've always struggled with what to do about the hardware. In most cases, the hardware was zinc or cad plated originall...

Then, problems with the electrics began, as the order of the cylinder operations was different. I ordered an NC-24 ECU from China; the prices for them at the scrapyards were outrageous, but this one w...

3 days, 1000kma...

There are bound to be issues with it - the main one is that it only has a four speed gearbox which is non standard. Not sure if I want to try this out or flog it and buy a five speed...these are going...

Take your bikes out of the garage and go for a ride ?...

That morning my son ask me to take "Flakes" with me. 30kms just to wake up ?...

Flat surfaces seal better, so I wanted to make sure that not only the head gasket surface, but also the rocker box seating surfaces were flat. I used a process the Brits call "linishing", and we Amer...